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Silent Years (2004) Online
2004 Julie Nagata Matthew Miller Wil Kahele James Sereno
Original Title :
Silent Years
Genre :
Movie / Short / Drama
Year :
2004
Directror :
James Sereno
Cast :
Julie Nagata,Matthew Miller,Wil Kahele
Writer :
Lois-Ann Yamanaka
Budget :
$35,000
Type :
Movie
Time :
12min
Rating :
6.6/10

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After years of repression, a woman must journey back to her past and confront memories of teenage abuse while growing up on the Big Island of Hawai'i.

Silent Years (2004) Online

Lois-Ann Yamanaka's poems, "Saturday Night at the Pahala Theater," are dramatized in a story of a high school girl's physical abuse at the hands of her uncle and sexual abuse at the hands of Jimmyboy, a graduating senior and star of the school volleyball team. Male teachers are compliant in a cycle of violence that includes beer, a length of garden hose and a Brillo pad, idolatry of sports heroes, a double standard about girls' and boys' behavior, and a Dodge Dart.
Cast overview:
Julie Nagata Julie Nagata - Girl
Matthew Miller Matthew Miller - Jimmyboy
Wil Kahele Wil Kahele - Uncle
Janice Terukina Janice Terukina - Woman Narrator
Dennis Miyahara Dennis Miyahara - Mr. Shimiyama
Bill Teter Bill Teter - Other Teacher
Tony Ignatio Tony Ignatio - Mr. Freitas
Reid Smith Reid Smith - Mr. Battung

Reid Smith's last acting role as Mr. Battung just before this short film came out 3 years after his death.


User reviews

Winn

Winn

This is a film featuring a Hawaiian woman's recollection of her teenage years of physical and sexual abuse. In light of this, it's a very hard film to watch and is certainly not fun by any sane standard. However, considering the sad subject matter, it is a good film and offers insight into the impact of this on a young girl's life. According to the Atom Films website, this film is about Hawaiian author Lois-Ann Yamanaka who apparently wrote poems about these experiences.

The way the film is made is a tad disconcerting at first because all the dialog and narration are done by the same person and they are in Hawaiian Pidgen English. Once you are used to the style of the language, it is very compelling. There are a few obscenities and violent situations, though you'd expect them in a film like this and it didn't seem gratuitous.